JavaScript Books

Published 6 years ago

by Jacob Seidelin, Wiley

Discover new opportunities for building 2D and 3D games with HTML5The newest iteration of HTML, HTML5 can be used with JavaScript, CSS3, and WebGL to create beautiful, unique, engaging games that can be played on the web or mobile devices like the iPad or Android phones.

Published 6 years ago

by Brett McLaughlin, Pogue Press

If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level—creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users through queries and web forms. With step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and jargon-free explanations, you’ll soon discover the power of server-side programming.The important stuff you need to know: *Get a running start.

Published 6 years ago

by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press

You don't need programming experience to add interactive and visual effects to your web pages with JavaScript. This Missing Manual shows you how the jQuery library makes JavaScript programming fun, easy, and accessible to web designers at every level of experience. You'll quickly learn how to use jQuery to help your site run smoothly and look great across multiple web browsers.

Published 6 years ago

by Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp, New Riders Press

Suddenly, everyone’s talking about HTML5, and ready or not, you need to get acquainted with this powerful new development in web and application design. Some of its new features are already being implemented by existing browsers, and much more is around the corner.Written by developers who have been using the new language for the past two years in their work, this book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers.

Published 6 years ago

by Tom Negrino, Dori Smith, Peachpit Press

This task-based, visual-reference guide has been fully revised and uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate scripters what they need to know to keep their skills up-to-date. Readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know.

Published 6 years ago

by Tom Hughes-Croucher, O'Reilly Media

This book introduces you to Node, the new web development framework written in JavaScript. You'll learn hands-on how Node makes life easier for experienced JavaScript developers: not only can you work on the front end and back end in the same language, you'll also have more flexibility in choosing how to divide application logic between client and server.

Published 6 years ago

by Salvatore Sanfilippo, Pieter Noordhuis, O'Reilly Media

Written by the Redis dream team—including its creator, key developers, and the community itself—this book provides the details you need to implement this advanced key-value data store quickly and discerningly. Database administrators, architects, and programmers will learn how to work with different data structures in Redis, how to handle memory, replication, and the cache itself, and how to implement messaging, using just the shell or programming APIs in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript.

Published 6 years ago

by Earle Castledine, Myles Eftos, Max Wheeler, SitePoint

Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices is a practical guide for front-end web designers and developers. You’ll discover a fun and fresh approach to mobile web design and development, with enormous scope for opportunity.Mobile web development is changing rapidly, with a greater emphasis on modern touch-screen smartphones. By following the advice in this book, you can be sure you’re learning the skills you need to make the most of this new technology.You’ll learn how to

Published 6 years ago

by Craig Stevenson, Simon Quig, Deep Pixel Publishing

Unity3 is an amazing game development tool being used around the world by professional, indie and bedroom game developers. This hands-on blueprints book is designed to get to the heart of Unity 3 development by showing you how to create 4 classic games with a Unity twist. All the code and the high quality game art assets are available from the Deep Pixel website so you can build the games yourself or customize your own projects!